Distributes Relief Package to the disaster affected
Punjab Newsline, Shimla January 6-
An amount of Rs. 9.88 crore was distributed as the first installment for rehabilitation of 1388 disaster affected families of Sirmaur district by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu at Nahan today. He distributed a sum of Rs. 1.98 crore for 66 completely damaged houses with first installment of Rs. 3 lakh to each family, Rs. 6.37 crore for 718 partially damaged houses, Rs 1.15 crore for damage to 292 cow sheds and Rs. 38 lakh to other affected people.
Addressing a well attended public gathering on this occasion, the CM said that due to financial mismanagement of the previous BJP government, the state was presently going through a difficult phase. No attention was paid to generate the resources for the State and instead the BJP government took a loan of Rs 14 thousand crore in the year 2022-23. Taking these and many other issues into consideration, the present government presented its first budget with an eye on resource generation and to make the State self-reliant in the coming four years and the most prosperous state of the country in the coming next ten years.
The Chief Minister said that work on Renuka Dam would start soon, on which discussions have been held with the Delhi Government and the Central Government. He said that a request was also made to the Central Government to fund the power component in Kishau Hydroelectric Project on the basis of water component in 90:10 ratio between the Union and the State Government or to provide interest free loan facility for 50 years in all the power components.
"I have also requested the Union Government for increasing the royalty in the Dhaula Siddh, Luhri and Sunni hydro power projects which would generate adequate revenue for the state", said Sukhu.
Speaking on the status of Hattis of the Transgiri region, the CM stated that the notification issued by the Central Government declaring Hatti community was not clear in its content and purpose. The State Government sought clarification in this regard from the centre and after 12 hours of getting the clarification, the State Government issued the notification for providing Scheduled Tribe status to this community.
Launching an attack on the BJP for playing with the future of the youth, the Chief Minister said that it was during the BJP regime that the HP Staff Selection Commission Hamirpur had become a hub of corruption, where papers were being sold to the selected few candidates leaving the rest of the youth in dilemma.